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- Arby's stands for R.B., the initials of the Raffel Brothers. Many people think it stands for roast beef.
- Taco Bell was founded by Glen Bell. I thought they just liked the bell logo. Who knew?
- Baskin-Robbins was a combination of two ice cream stores, one started by Irvine Robbins and the other by Burton Baskin. This one shouldn't have surprised me, but it did.
- Wendy's was named after Dave Thomas' (the founder) daughter's nick name. He had 5 kids. You have to wonder what the other ones thought of his choice.
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4-28-2008 @5:12PM simon said... wendy's is named after his 2nd daughter who's named melinda. growing up she couldn't properly pronounce her name and out of her mouth came "winda".
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4-29-2008 @3:55AM Lig Grebsnip said... Amazing -- you have such a knack for finding interesting info like this.
In any event, Mr. Bell was certainly thinking outside the bun.
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4-29-2008 @3:59AM Lig Grebsnip said... Poor Wendy....
http://www.slashfood.com/2008/04/24/arbys-to-own-wendys/
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